Roosevelt backs court reform while hinting at compromise
President Roosevelt said the court reorganization bill would pass this session though he noted possible compromises. He cited the court’s summer adjournment without ruling on key cases and used a forest metaphor to describe reform needs while avoiding specifics on numbers of new judges.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Robinson
Supreme Court
Inquirer
High
TVA
PWA
Securities Commission
Mosquito Breeding Moves Fast in City and Section
Decatur faces a three agency push led by the TVA Morgan County Health Department and the Street Department to curb malaria carrying mosquitoes. Interviews across Fairview Austinville Moulton Heights and other areas cite high weeds water logged vacant lots and cans as breeding sites while residents urge action and cooperation to augment ongoing TVA efforts on lakes and rivers.
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Decatur
TVA
Morgan County Health Department
Street Department
Daily
Fairview
Austinville
Moulton Heights
East
Danville
Lower West Vine Street
Newcomb Street
South
Filling Station Operator Slain Near Cherokee
Jack Carruth a 61 year old former deputy sheriff was found dead of 22 stab wounds near his Cherokee filling station 15 miles west of Tuscumbia Alabama. Sheriff Lockwell said Carruth was robbed and chased around the station before his death with his watch money and pistol missing. Carruth had been dead several hours and neighbors placed him at the shop around 11 p m yesterday.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
Jack Carruth
Cherokee
Here
John B. Lockwell
Colbert County
Lockwell
Carruth
One Dead in Strike Riot Across Multiple Plants
A nationwide strike wave turns violent with a Michigan lumber site death and five others injured. Chrysler Detroit halves output at two plants with 11,000 workers affected while Packard cuts production after 3,000 workers are sent home. Canton Timken plant strike involves 6,500 workers over wages. Steel workers consider a walkout after failed wage talks. Incidents in Newberry Michigan and Munsing Michigan involve fists and blocks, with a coroner unable to confirm cause of death. Little Falls New Jersey sees new unrest as trucks are stoned and 15 injured.
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Associated Press
Michigan
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
Bisspert
Packard Motor Company
Mich
Lumber and Chemical Company
Munsing
Little Falls
N. J
Hospital Site Hearing Held In Washington D C
The federal hospitalization board heard its choice of Montgomery Alabama as a veterans hospital site amid a formal protest by Representative Luther Patrick Birmingham Alabama. Patrick argued Birmingham should be selected on merit while Representative Lister Hill Montgomery cited an American Legion official backing Montgomery as wise. Board went into executive session to consider the protest.
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Washington
Federal Hospitalization Board
Montgomery
Ala
Luther Patrick
Birmingham
Patrick
Lister Hill Montgomery
American Legion
Potato Prices Still Low Amid Over Production
Montgomery Alabama June 4 C B Rogers president of the state board of administration says day purchase of Alabama potatoes by the federal surplus commodity corporation would help some but the real trouble is over production and bad condition of our potatoes. The corporation plans to buy up to 200 cars in Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana at 80 cents per hundred pounds for best grades to stabilize the market.
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Montgomery
Ala
C. B. Rogers
State Board of Administration
Alabama
Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation
Mississippi
Louisiana
Commandery in Summer Vacation
DeMolay Commandery No. 14 Knights Templar held the final session of winter and spring last night with strong attendance. The group voted to suspend further meetings until October.
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DeMolay Commandery No. 14
Knights Templar
Grasshopper War Claims First Nebraska Casualty
North Platte Nebraska reports the first wartime casualty in the grasshopper campaign. Harvey McNickle a Lincoln county farmer fell from a car while scattering poison and fractured two ribs.
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North Platte
Neb
Nebraska
Harvey McNickle
Lincoln County
Alabama supreme court hears Corbitt case on lynching case claims
Attorney General Carmichael argues the mob lynching of Wesley Johnson shows the popular anger forced the sheriff to arrest the wrong man. He says Johnson was four miles away at 11:30 am January 30, while the assault occurred 11:15 to 11:30 am. Defense says guilt of the accused is irrelevant to the sheriff’s trial.
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Montgomery
Ala
Pry
Henry County
Alabama Supreme Court
A. A. Carmichael
J. L. Corbitt
John C. Anderson
Carmichael
Wesley Johnson
Alabama
Payee
Anderson
J. W. McClungy
Corbitt
Johnson
W. L. Lee
Supreme Court
Rebel Attack S SLOWED By Chief's Death
The insurgent bid to take Bilbao slowed after Gen Emilio Mola was killed in a plane crash. Bilbao had held eight weeks under Mola's forces as Basque refugees hoped for relief. Global powers discussed unified action and non intervention as Mussolini and Hitler weighed Spain's crisis amid growing European tension.
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Bilbao
Mola
North Stoneham
England
Russia
France
Germany
Italy
Moscow
Third
Communist International
Second Socialist International
Spain
George Dimitroff
Komintern
Neubetn
Count Galleazzo Ciano
United States
William Phillips
Europe
Third’ Reich
Britain
Mortgage Burned At First Methodist Church
The First Methodist church celebrates the cancellation of a mortgage over $5,500. The loan was funded by contributions from Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Stout who covered the final thousand, with many members contributing varying amounts from 5 to 500 dollars.
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First Methodist Church
Board of Trustees
D. D. McGehee
L. O. Stout
Graves Urges Commission Stop Gamble on Freight Rates
Governor Bibb Graves of Alabama urged the interstate commerce commission to suspend a new rate system for cotton factory products, saying higher freight charges to northern territory would hurt the southeastern textile industry. The Associated Southeastern Textile Mills, with 238 members, appealed, claiming a 20 percent rise from Georgia and Alabama.
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Washington
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northern Territory
Graves
Associated Southeastern Textile Mills
Georgia
Biddgar Watkins
Atlanta
Chicago
Boston
New England
Commission
Aldridge Honored At 98th Birthday Family Reunion
At his Blount County home, Aldridge is honored on his 98th birthday during a family reunion. Born June 4, 1839 in Blount County, he descends from early Alabama settlers and Revolutionary War veterans. He served in the 35th Alabama during the Civil War with battles including Atlanta and Nashville. Now with many descendants, he remains active and plans an on-site program with relatives.
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Reba Mountain
Aldridge
Blount County
William
Nancy
Brooks
Andrew
Leah
Chaney
Alabama
Nathan
Jerry Chaney
North Carolina
Virginia
Andrew Aldridge
East Tennessee
Tennessee River
Guntersville
Blounteville
Brooksville
Mr. Aldridge
Lawrence County
William Valient Aldridge
Mollie McNorth
Joseph Warren
Gaylesville
Ala
J. H. Aldridge
Akron
Ohio
Courtland
35Th
Alva Ashford
Warren Aldridge
Atlanta
Andrew Perry Aldridge
Oxford
Miss
Alton
Wheeler Station
Coffeeville
Miss. Baton Rouge
Baker's Creek
Big Black River
Jackson
Enterprise
Corinth
New Hope Church
Kennesaw Mountain
Peach Tree Creek
Jonesboro
Big Shanty
Decatur
Franklin
Nashville
Bratton Elected Chancellor at University of the South
SeSSwansee Tenn June 4 Bishop Theodore Dubose Bratton was elected chancellor of the University of the South today.
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Sewanee, Tenn
Theodore Dubose _ Bratton
University of the South Today
Pitching Ace May Get Back in Game in 24 Hours
Cardinal pitcher Dizzy Dean faces reinstatement after Ford Frick, NL president, lifts his suspension within 24 hours following a chaotic league meeting. Dean denied alleged statements and warned of an appeal to Commissioner Landis, promising to consult his lawyer.
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New York
Dizzy Dean
Ford Frick
Frick
Dean
Theeague
George Barr
League
St. Louis
Belleville
Landis
Land Owners Form Protective Association Over TVA Land Deals
Sixty six property owners in the Guntersville Dam basin form the Tennessee Valley Land Owners Protective Association. They denounce low TVA land prices and claim remaining lands are unsellable and communities damaged by road and mail route destruction. They allege TVA actions violate the Wagner Act and deny landowners any bargaining rights.
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Guntersville
Ala
Guntersville Dam
Tennessee River
Tennessee Valley Land Owners Protective Association
Joe Johnson
TVA
Group Forms Taxpayer Alliance to Target High Taxes in Alabama
Southern Alabama counties unite under the consumers taxpayers association to oppose high taxes waste and government inefficiency. Jeff P. Deeland of Greenville will lead the group with E M Megginson and J W Johnson as vice presidents and B C Apperson as secretary. Frank G Arnold urges a unified non selfish effort. A suit aiming to curb legislature employment by state departments is endorsed, with Chauncy Sparks noting many lawmakers are employed by the executive branch.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Consumers Taxpayers Association
Jeff P. Deeland
Greenville
Consumers and Sales Tax Association
E. M. Megginson
Mobile
J. W. Johnson
Langdale
B. C. Apperson
Birmingham
Executive Department
Sparks
Legion members invited to Huntsville auto races
Members of the local American Legion post were extended an invitation by the Huntsville post to attend the Sunday auto races sponsored by the Legion. All Legionnaires were asked to wear their caps.
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American Legion
Huntsville
The
Legion
Legionnaires
Blaze Traps Passengers In Wreckage At Shiloah Springs
Nine people died when a Greyhound bus overturned near Shiloah Springs north of Redding California early today. Flames engulfed the vehicle trapping victims. CCC enrollees and others rushed to douse the fire and recover bodies. Driver Al Wilson was among the dead. identities of the other passengers were not released.
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Redding
Calif
Ya Greyhound
Shiloah Springs
Here
CCC
Roy
Duggins
al Wilson
Duke and Duchess of Windsor Charm Venetians on Honeymoon Train Ride
In Venice the Duke and Duchess of Windsor waved to cheering crowds as they traveled by train toward Austria and then by canal ride, greeted by British Consul Allen Napier. Fascists jeered, but many locals cheered the royal couple departing from their Windsor wedding trip.
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Venice
Italy
Duke of Windsor
Austria
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Grand Canal
Niagara
Windsor
Chateau de Cande
Wasserleonburg
Noetsch
Allen Napier
Edward
President to Aid Farm Bill With Ten-Year Funding Plan
Senator Bankhead said after a White House conference that President Roosevelt would approve a farm tenant aid bill authorizing 10 million dollars for 1937 38 twenty five million for 1939 and fifty million annually thereafter. The bill funds federal purchases of lands at low interest rates over long terms.
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Washington
Bankhead
Ala
White House
Roosevelt
Senate
Principal-elect John W. Wilson Jr. to attend summer admin course
Athens Alabama June 4 John W. Wilson Jr principal elect of the Athens Senior High School will leave this week for the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa to take a summer course on school administration.
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Athens
Ala
John W. Wilson, Jr
University of Alabama At
Weather Summary for Tennessee Alabama Regions
The Tennessee River remained stationary at 21.6 feet with a 92 degree high and 70 degree low for the 24 hour period ending 7 am. No rainfall recorded. Alabama expected showers tonight and Saturday. Tennessee sees local showers Saturday with little temperature change.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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